User:Neildown

Attention
Due to computer difficulties, I may not be able to be on here very often. The computer is shutting down all the time. So, if I do not answer or respond to anything for awhile, you know I haven't just left without a word.

About me
I am a 14 year old Catholic homeschooler. Live in [Explicit], MI. I'm known as ND, Neil or you can call me by my pirate name Iron Tom Rackham OR you can even call me Neimaul.

I will probably be maintaining this userpage more than my other one.

Also, like Prayer Warrioress I would gladly answer any questions about my faith.

My E-mail
is, Neil.down@hotmail.com.

Feel free to drop me a line sometime if you like but ABSOLUTELY NO SPAM/inapropriate stuff. [Not that I know anyone on here who DOES, but just making sure] Also, you should leave your username in the title if you do so I don't throw your message away.

Up to date info

 * Dec 4: AAAAAAAGH! Too much homework!

Random stuff about me
I'm currently in my Freshman year [homeschooling], and am writing a fantasy/science fiction novel.

I'm the 5th child out of 7. 6 brothers & sisters.

I can crack my wrists and thumbs at will.

I can't fully extend my right pinky. Either a birth defect or because of my writing style.

I'd consider myself a good debater and I can put up a good argument when I need to.

I am a lethal weapon. I'm experienced in my own version of 'martial arts' and can use the staff, double hand broadsword, bayonet and am well capable of using firearms.

I am being pompous in my previous statement, but don't get me wrong, I'm good at combat. [As a good guy of course!]

I am also an ok strategist. I like playing Stratego.

I guess I could be considered a conservative.

Don't believe in any significant Global Warming threat.

Does believe that there could be less waste and garbage in the world. It takes hardly any effort to pick up after yourself.

My Theme songs
http://www.playlist.com/searchbeta/tracks#Nightwish

More to come...

My status on the wiki
Am currently fighting in Pirates of Redwall.

I'm in need of soldiers for my army on Layla'sRedwall World Fight I'm the leader of Loamhedge. So, heres my recruiting note to all who are interested:

''All are welcome at Loamhedge Abbey that stand for good and justice. We have plenty to offer for all inhabitants; Food, water, eatingware, beds, activities, weapons, and especially safety. I'm experienced in the art of war and shall defend and destroy all who oppose me directly. Sign up today!    ''Apparently no one is interested :P

Likes

 * Well, you can see I'm a war freak. WWII is my favorite. [I don't think war is a game though, FYI. I have alot of respect for those who have served.]


 * Hanging out with friends


 * Reading


 * Art


 * Chatting on the shoutbox


 * whittling [just in Spring & Summer because that's the only time it's nice outside.]


 * Running


 * Swimming [Yet I still can't tread water.:( ]


 * Lazer tag


 * Airsoft


 * Sword/staff fighting

Dislikes

 * Communism


 * Fascism


 * One World Order


 * Government's Healthcare plan


 * Abortion


 * Decision to put more troops in Afghanistan


 * Cliqueys

My pics








Interests
I want to get a good job either on a boat [pretty much any job onboard] or in the Military [probably in Spec ops.;) ]

I would also like to do martial arts competition & possibly teach it.

Same goes for art. I want to do illustrative stuff.

Also into music. Thinking about buying a drum set sometime.

And [almost forgot] I would like to start a book series. The first of which will be called Gold Horizon, so keep a look out for that one!

Bands
These are all favorites


 * Linkin Park
 * Metallica
 * Flyleaf
 * Evanescence
 * Eiffel 65 [best techno there is! &gt;:D]
 * Adema
 * Green day
 * Black Eyed Peas

Alltime Favorites [songs]
It's way too hard for me to choose just one favorite. [These are all aside from the bands listed above]


 * It's still Rock and Roll to me - Billy Joel


 * Uptown Girl - Billy Joel


 * Fireflys - Owl City [Thanks for telling me about this one, Brockfang!]


 * 7 days to the wolves - Nightwish


 * Iron Man - Black Sabbath


 * Sullivan - Carolines Spine


 * One Headlight - Unknown


 * No sleep till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys [yeah, yeah, I know]

Movies
My favorites are:


 * Ice Age [1,2,&3]


 * Wall-E


 * Red Dawn


 * Fly Boys


 * Iron Man


 * The Dark Knight


 * The Spongebob Squarepants Movie

My non-favorites are:


 * Water world


 * Space Chimps

Artwork
These are examples of the styles I can do.

You can see all of my art on the archive page here or on Redwall Wiki!









Commissions
I am still taking requests. Feel free to ask anytime!

Please state which style of picture you want and what you want it drawn with. These are what I can do at the moment:


 * Sketch: This is just a basic character, very coarsely done but usually very fast to finish.


 * Outline: Somewhat like a sketch but the lines are thicker and not all over the place. Also fast to finish.


 * Detailed: These are kind of what I've mostly done on Redwall Wiki but they never turned out 100%. They take awhile to complete


 * Very Detailed: These ones are painstakingly put together as best I possibly can and with as little error as possible. It could take a few days or even more than a month. I've only done 1 of these and it was in pencil and a tiny bit of pen.

Drawing types [You may choose a combination but depending on which ones, it will take alot more time to finish :P]


 * Pencil


 * Pen


 * Pastel


 * Water color [Coming sometime very soon!]

Commission List
Piper

Ways to maintain a healthy level of insanity
I know several of you out there say that your the craziest person on the wiki so here's something that might help you even more.


 * 1 At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.


 * 2 Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.


 * 3 Every time some asks you something, ask if they want fries with that.


 * 4 Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "In".


 * 5 Put Decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.


 * 6 In the memo field for all your checks, write "For smuggling diamonds".


 * 7 Finish all your sentences with "In accordance to the prophecy".


 * 8 Dont use any punctuation


 * 9 As often as possible, skip instead of walk.


 * 10 Order a 'diet water' whenever you go out to eat. Say it with a serious face.


 * 11 Specify that your drive-through order is "To go".


 * 12 Sing along at the Opera.


 * 13 Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.


 * 14 Put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day.


 * 15 Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because your not in the mood.


 * 16 When the money comes out of the ATM shout, "I won, I won!"


 * 17 When leaving the zoo, run towards the parking lot yelling, "Run for your lives! Their loose!"

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 * 18 After finishing a sentence on your computer at your desk job, shout "Ding!"

Cache-Control: max-age=0
 * 19 Whenever anyone says something, iProxy-Connection: keep-alive

luding statements like "Albany is the capital of New York", come back with "Well that's your opinion!"


 * 20 If you do something stupid, like you fall of your chair and somebody laughs at you, you say, "I'd like to see you try!"


 * 21 Answer all yes or no questions with maybe.


 * 22 Answer all Multiple choice questions with none of the above or (If that is an option) all of the above.
 * 23 When eating at a restaurant, stare at the nearest person while continuing your meal [make sure you take extra big spoon/forkfulls]. Don't look away if they look at you.

Polls
Are you going to get the H1N1 flu shot? No Yes Already had it

Do you have any 'old fashioned' remedies for flu or cold? Yes No

How tough are you? Tough as Jack Pallance on a bad day Tough as leather About average Tough as lemon pepper marinaded chicken Tough as warm butter

THE RANTING PAGE
I feel the need to do this because I am REALLY annoyed & ticked off about some of these issues. If you strongly disagree with me on these things - too bad. No one is being forced to like my opinions and I'm politically incorrect anyway :P.

U.S. Government's proposed Healthcare plan: Immoral, unfair, and just plain crappy [to be blunt].

The first one should say it all for us. 'Immoral'. Our country was BASED on morals and we're using immorality to [try to] FIX a problem, which is fri##in ridiculous if you ask me. Abortion is the main issue on that part, to me.

It is 'unfair' because - if my knowledge is fully correct - the plan only includes certain age groups.

It is 'just plain crappy' because it's some 2000 dang pages long and no one has read it! The constitution - as Glenn Beck has pointed it out - is only 17 pages long, and it covers everything. --Neildown  Takin requests! 19:49, November 28, 2009 (UTC)

M2: Can I rant too?

The proposed Healthcare Bill will force hospitals run by churches to provide abortions! Does anyone know Baraq Obama's stance on abortion? This is it:

When Baraq Obama was on the the Illinois State Senate, a case came to them. It was this: A hospital in the area was preforming abortions after the baby was born. They did it by putting the baby into a closet and suffocating it. The Illinois State Senate voted to condemn them. Except for Baraq Obama. Is this the man you want running the most powerful nation in the world? Any country in the world? Martin2

Yes you are welcome to rant, M2.

Abortion doesn't stop at just that though, there have been reports of other more brutal procedures than mentioned by M2. Some of these involve lethal injections and suffocation [done directly by the doctor's own hands to the baby, using string]. The main argument for the aproval of abortion is the fact that, "It's a woman's right", "We can't have too high of a population", and the ones that really disgust me, "It's bad for the environment".

First of all, this is a free country. Giving the choice to a woman whether to have a baby or an abortion may seem like it is a matter of pure freedom, that a woman has the choice to bear a child, but it is not for the baby who's life hangs in the balance. They are given no say in what will happen in their own lives - whether they can live or be killed and experimented on. That is what America calls freedom these days? People will say, "Well it's not even a baby, it's just a fetus." When you plant, say an apple seed, you can say it is a pear tree or a rose bush, but you know -by common reason and intelligence- that it is an apple seed, and it will grow into an apple tree. That applies to this issue. You an call that unborn child anything you want but if you have half a brain you know what it will grow up to be. --Neildown  Takin requests! 19:49, November 28, 2009 (UTC)

I have researched on when a baby is considered a living thing and I can tell you this. A baby develops inside its mother, right? It slowly becomes more and more mature until it is ready to be born. It is technically a living, breathing organism because it lives depends on another human being to live and it is alive before it leaves its mother's womb. Killing a defenseless baby who hasn't even had a chance to see the world is just sickening. If it is legal to kill an innocent baby in America, I'm very ashamed of this country. Yes, I can understand in some situations like if you were a victim, but if you don't want the baby, do you seriously have to kill it? Is it worth all of that? --Bluestripe the Wild  I am the Wild! 03:35, November 28, 2009 (UTC)

Exactly, it's un-American and immoral. And even looking at it from a purely statistical point of view, the cost/benefit ratio is still against abortion. One of those children being destroyed could be the future president, a soldier, scientist, artist, inventor, etc, etc. The more abortions there are, the less people we will have to run and defend our nation. There are of course going to still be children, but not as many. One Muslim family has [I'm ball parking here, there are exceptions] twice as many children as any three families in the U.S. and people say that we shouldn't have too many children because it's bad for the environment! Why don't you tell that to the Muslims? - probably because they wouldn't take any of that crud and they'd snuff out whoever told them to. It's happening to us because we don't have enough people to take a stand and show they mean business. [I'm not suggesting killing/violence here. I just mean to make a point]


 * BTW: There is no racial discrimination against Muslims meant in this.* --Neildown [[image:Neil down.png|60px|]] Takin requests! 20:13, November 28, 2009 (UTC)

I don't see a point in having a baby only to kill him/her. I mean, if you're planning to kill the baby anyway, what's the point of having it??? Umrag the Destroyer 19:40, November 29, 2009 (UTC)Umrag the Destroyer

Card Jordan: It's because they just don't care. People don't care anymore. The major problem is, that no matter how you justify it, the baby was or would have been another person. Abortion robs them of a life they would have led.

I'm Umrag the Destroyer. NOT Card Jordan. Umrag the Destroyer 23:08, November 30, 2009 (UTC)Umrag the Destroyer

I aplaud you all, 'Specially you, M2 and Neil, for speaking out like this. I absolutly agree; abortion is one of the major downfalls of our nation. It makes me sick to hear about those people who dont give a D- about it, and it also breaks my heart. so, bravo to those of you who have expressed their thoughts so freely here; I just wish grown ups would listen to kids sometimes; we can see some of the horrible, and sometimes just plain stupid things they do. Silva of the Hazel Eyes  Sarcasm-just one more service I provide 17:39, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

If being a free country means abortion, I rather not be a free country if it comes to that. This country was founded as a Christian nation and should follow the rules that a Christian nation should. "Thou shalt not murder." I'm guessin' this applies to everyone. Do not kill any people, especially DEFENSELESS BABIES! If you don't want the baby, put it up for adoption. At least give the baby a chance at life! Seriously! If you don't want the baby, do you have to kill it? What does that do? Does it give you some kind of satisfaction? If it does, then you are a sick person! I heard about this woman who has had 15 abortions. That's despicable! --Bluestripe the Wild  I am the Wild! 23:10, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

Must we fill nameless graves? Silva of the Hazel Eyes   Sarcasm-just one more service I provide 15:23, December 4, 2009 (UTC)

[To Silva] Thanks, Silva. I wish that there would be more people willing to speak out though. Hopefully people will, and maybe this will help a little. If we don't have enough people to say "Enough" we aren't going to have much control over our own freedom. Healthcare is being shoved down our throats and we don't have enough people standing up. Instead everyone is like the townspeople in Castaways of the Flying Dutchman, just brushing everything off and thinking nothing is going to change our way of life.

[To Blue] We have to push for a free country because that's what we used to be when America was first founded. Non-free is what the government is pushing for. This really isn't a free country at the moment and abortion is part of that non-freedom. One of their excuses for abortion is 'Stem Cell Research', but there haven't even been very many breakthroughs with it so why continue doing it even despite the fact that it's inhuman and immoral.

--Neildown  Takin requests! 16:04, December 4, 2009 (UTC)

Well, i think America isn't free anymore 'cause those babies aren't even allowed to have life! i mean, they're killed for no reason at all. i really really really despise that health care plan thingy. i'm not an expert on the whole health care topic but from what my dad says, i think the government is trying to get rid of the elderly, who have much wisdom that this country needs right now. ...okay....i'm not really good with words so sorry if that didnt make any sense-- ladyamber88  <font color="aquamarine" size="2">Plz leave a message after u click 02:32, December 8, 2009 (UTC)

Flu shots
I just thought this to be a bit of something to think on and be cautious of. The following article is an excerpt from "The Family's Threat to Utopia" by Solange Hertz:

"... The second mode of delivery for this vaccine [H1N1] is the injection. There is so much information about the dangers of this shot and it's questionable ingredients that it is hard to condense it and still do justice. Below are listed some of the more urgent concerns.

Aside from the listed ingredients, you need to know that vaccines are grown on the cells of nonhumans [as well as the cells of aborted babies]: from chickens, monkeys and even cancer cells [which are considered "immortal" in the scientific world and are used to grow the viruses faster]. No one knows what the long-term consequences will be. Children are now given 36 separate vaccinations by the time they reach the age of 18 months and now they want to add this flu vaccine [two shots for children].

Common Flu Vaccine ingredients include: Egg protein [many are allergic to eggs], Formaldehyde [considered a hazardous compound and it is vapor toxic], Polysorbate 80 [shown to cause infertility in mice], MSG [blamed for migraines, nausea, digestive upsets, drowsiness, heart palpitation, hair loss, asthma, anaphylactic shock, rapidly increasing diabetes and many other complaints], Potassium Phosphate [fertilizer, food additive and fungicide], Thimerosal [Mercury-linked anecdotally to the rise in autism], Polyoxidonium [can drastically alter specific genetically controlled responses to the agents they are mixed with], Squaline* [never approved in US as safe and can cause blindness and sutoimmune dysfunction], Span 85, another oil, and Human Diploid Tissue [organ and tissue from aborted baby tissue].

Political Correctness
Is just plain dumb.

Danthemanb→I think that it is sooooo annoying that everyone is like: Don't say Chirstmas say happy holydays! I think it's jesus's birthday his name should be on it for pittys sake, you don't say Birthday holyday you say (inter your name here)'s birthday!-- 17:50, December 18, 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I think whatever these people are trying to do is quite petty and they should be shameful of it. Christmas is a CHRISTIAN holiday. We own the right to say "Merry Christmas", and if people are offended by that, GO FIGURE. Life isn't fair and if you can't stand an innocent phrase because it's offensive to you then maybe you need to enter the real world. The world has lived with "Merry Christmas" for over quite a few centuries, it's not changing anytime soon. --<font color="red" style="background:Silver">Neildown <font color="Silver" style="background:red"> Takin requests! 14:54, December 20, 2009 (UTC)

Environment
Well personally I want the environment to improve. I say solar panels, wind spinning thingies, and water power. REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!! And to those who say that coal miners and stuff won't have jobs, he can still mine coal and stockpile it in case we ever need it. Personally, I think the U.S. government is doing a good job of trying to help the environment. That is all. Umrag the Destroyer 22:33, December 4, 2009 (UTC)Umrag the Destroyer

I agree with you mostly, Umrag. We should use the technology we have for cleaner energy and we don't have to kill jobs to do it. Like you said, we should be stockpiling our natural resources for the better of our nation and the planet if we can, and use cleaner methods of electricity production since they are available. I think we should be drilling oil in Alaska -despite arguments about the safety of polar bears. I really don't see exactly how it has any major effect on them, and if we were in a real crisis even if it did effect the polar bears shouldn't our own people be thought of before animals that have barely any effect on the welfare of the environment?

As for the government doing a good job about the environment, I must disagree. They may be going for the whole 'Green Movement' but they themselves aren't much support. I don't see very many people in congress eating veggie burgers, car pooling, using smaller TVs; or just as a whole, using moderation. *Cough cough* Al Gore --<font color="red" style="background:Silver">Neildown [[User Talk:Neildown|<font color="Silver" stylProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0

"background:red"> Takin requests! ]] 19:19, December 8, 2009 (UTC)

Think about it. Name one piece of evidence that proves Golbal Warming exists. For every thousand-quoted stastic saying it is real, there are fifty ignored statistics showing it isn't. --<font color="olive" style="background:saffron">Martin the Loony <font color="olive" style="background:saffron">Ve shoot it with our weaponries!  19:28, December 8, 2009 (UTC)

From what I know, Global warming does exist [but only at a very slow pace]. There is no denying the greenhouse effect produced by carbon dioxide. I don't think that our planet is in deep trouble though. As You have pointed out, M2, there ar way too many statistics that are ignored. There could be just as many gases that reflect sunlight and heat away from the planet as there are that trap it in our atmosphere. --<font color="red" style="background:Silver">Neildown <font color="Silver" style="background:red"> Takin requests! 19:34, December 8, 2009 (UTC)

Though you cannot deny that the Greenhouse effect is feasible, that doesn't mean it does anything more serious than raise the temperature one degree in one hundred years. (That's how much the tempature has changed since industrialization). People have been switching from Global Warming to Global Cooling for almost one hundred years now. In fact, people were so worried about Global Cooling in the 1960's, they suggested putting soot on the poles, for the express purpose of melting them. Obviously, that never happened, and 'guess what? The Globe hasn't cooled. The Ice Shelfs aren't melting. Florida will not be buried in water by 2012. Al Gore's estimate was many times worse than the worst-case scenario estimate of the UN's already inflated estimates. --<font color="olive" style="background:saffron">Martin the Loony <font color="olive" style="background:saffron">Ve shoot it with our weaponries!  19:46, December 8, 2009 (UTC)

I do believe I have read somewhere that global temperature has only risen about that much in that amount of time. I must say, you have put up a really good argument. Nice job! --<font color="red" style="background:Silver">Neildown <font color="Silver" style="background:red"> Takin requests! 20:09, December 8, 2009 (UTC)

i was watching this tv show once, and it was talking about how the dinosuars died off 'cause of global warming...O.o....didn't ppl say that global warming was caused by humans polluting..? -- ladyamber88  <font color="aquamarine" size="2">Plz leave a message after u click 04:49, December 9, 2009 (UTC)

Global Warming is the new fad. People want something they can blame for all their problems. It's the same thing that happened with FDR and Herbert Hoover, Hitler and the Jews, except now it's Al Gore and Global Warming. There is no significant evidence to suggest that Global Warming is caused by human activity. You must remember, there was a minuature ice age only one hundred years ago. --<font color="olive" style="background:saffron">Martin the Loony <font color="olive" style="background:saffron">Ve shoot it with our weaponries!  22:06, December 10, 2009 (UTC)

Danthemanb→Yes, and now when it gets cold they blame it on global dimming, if you want to know what that is look it up.-- 22:59, December 18, 2009 (UTC)

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